Shade-roller fixture



Patented 0C1. 28, 1924.-

UNI'TE'D STATES HOMER BRICK, OF FORT'WAYNE, INDIANA. ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF '10 CHARLES A. I

PATENT orrlcaf RASTETTER, 0F FORT WAYNE, INDIANA.

SHADE-ROLLER FIXTURE.

. Application filed October is, 1922. serau R'o. 594,768.

I Tp all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Ham Kmcx, a citizen of the United 'States of America, and resident of Fort Wayne, in the county of Allen and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Shade-Roller Fixtures, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in shade roller fixtures of that class adapted for mounting shade rollers on window frames.- The objects of the improvement are: first, to provide a fixture for supportin a shade roller which ma be readily attache to a window frame wit out the use of such fastening means as ordinarily mars the face of the window frame, such for examp1e,'as nails, screws, etc.; and second, to so construct the fixture that it may be readily applied to window frames of various widths, and so as to be adjustable for the accommodation of shade rollers of various'lengths.

The objects of the improvement are accomplished by the construction illustrated'in the accompanying drawings in which:

' Fig. 1 1s a plan view of the attachment applied to a window frame, the latter being in transverse section;

F g. 2 is a perspective view of one of the bracket holders with the bracket mounted therein; Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the companion bracket holder; I Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a bracket for use in connection with the in Fig. 3';

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the tie. rod and nipple therefor for securing the holders onto the window frame; and

Fig. 6 isa detail view of the severable end of the tie rod shown in a plan at right angles to that of Fig; 5, Y

The characters appearing ir the description refer to parts shown in the drawings and designated thereon by corresponding characters: x

The invention comprises a pair'of holders 1 and 2, each having at one end thereof an inturned toothed claw 3, and upon its up er and lower edges inturned flanges 4 and 5 respectively that are. oppositely disposed holder shown and extend in parallel relation with each' the ear of the holder 2 is a horizontal slot 8 that is contiguous with an adjacent and larger opening 9 in the base 10 of the holder.

Upon the base 10 of each holder are fixed a pair of protruding sockets 11 adapted forthe reception and support of curtain rods 11 when .desired.

Each holder has in adjustable supported connection therewith a bracket 12, and each bracket has a bifurcated base 13 and an outwardly extending arm 14. Upon the upper edge of the base of each bracket is a lugh15adapted to have engagement severally wi holes 16 in the flange 4 of the corresponding holder when the base of the bracket .is positloned between the flanges thereof.

The lug acts as a detent means for retaining the bracket in various positions in the holder by engagement in one or the other of said holes accordingly as the base is adjusted longitudinally therein. The base being bifurcated extendsastride of the sockets 11 and thereby admitting of the movements of the bracket.

The pair of holders are coupled together by means of a tension rod 17, upon one end of which is a nipple 18 having threaded re lation therewith, and the other end of which is shaped with numerous indentations 19 arranged in opposite pairs and with corresponding outwardly extending projections adj ustable or shoulders 20.

the window frame 21. Any surplus lengthof the notched end of the rod that is not required is severed by the use of a suitable tool. The holders are then positioned with their bases resting flat against the face of the window frame at the corresponding op-- posite sides thereof and with their claws extending into the edges of the frame. The nipple 18 isthen turned upon the rod so as to draw the holders toward each other until they are held rigidly in position. The shade roller22 is then mounted in the usual manner in supported engagement with the arms 14. The brackets 12 being movable in their respective holdersmay he adjusted so as to acfiornmodate the particular length of the re er.

By thus constructing the invention the supporting device for the shade roller may be applied to window frames of various widths and removed therefrom without inju-Wo the window frame.

at I claim is 1. A shade roller fixture comprising a pair of holders, each having an inturned claw at one end and an outturned ear at its opposite end and also a pair .of oppo- 'sitely disposed flanges, there bein a series of depressions in one of said anges; a

bracket for each of said holders, each bracket having a bifurcated 'base with a lug on one of its edges adapted to engage in said depressions and hold said bracket in adjusted positions in the holder; and a tension means including a rod and nipple threaded on one end of the rod, the opposite ears ot of said rod heing shaped witha series of shoulders, the ear of one of said holders heing formed for engagement lo the nipple,

and the ear of the other holder ein formed so as to receive and engage said s oulders selectively.

2. A shade roller fixture compria'nfi a pair of supporting members oppositely isposed, each having an inturnedt claw at its outer end and an outturned ear at its inner end; a nipple having connection in the ear of one of said members; and a rod threaded. in said nipple at one end and having a seriesof shoulders at its opposite end till adapted to be adjustahly connected with the ear of the other member.- 7

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HOMER KRICK. Witnesses:

MATILDA Mnrrnnn, WALTER G. Bnnn's; 

